Backband



. J. B. Mc HUGH.

BACKBAND. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1920.

. 72 52 Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed September 8, 1920. Serial No. 408,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. MoI-IUeI-I, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Zachary, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have ininvention consistsof certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter describedand pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bac'kband with a pair of trace chains connected thereto;

Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section through the block;

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation illustrating a modification; and

Fig. 4 is a view in longitudinal section of the modification illustrated in Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, my improved backhand comprises a strap 1 which is adapted to fit over the back of draft animals. One end of the strap is sewed under to form a relative small loop 2. The otherend of the strap is also looped under, as shown at 3, after which it is passed through a buckle 4. The strap ispreferably of some woven material and the buckle 4 may be adjusted to regulate the length of the strap. i

Wooden blocks 5 are suspended from the ends of the strap by means of inverted U- shaped hangers 6 having their intermediate portions located in the loops 2 and 3, respectively. The arms 7 of the hangers 6 straddle the blocks5, and pins 8 passing throughthe blocks 5 are mounted in perforated. extremities 9 of the arms 7 whereby the blocks are pivotally supported within the hangers.

The pins 8 pass through relatively deep recesses 10 WlllCh are formed in the outer faces of the blocks 5. Hooks 11 are bent to form eyes or loops 12 located around the pins 1n the recesses 10, so that the hooks are plvotally mounted on the pins in the re cesses. The free extremities 13 of the hooks pro ect inwardly into the'reoesses 10.

The hooks are adapted to be swung outwardly to enga e a link of the trace chains 14, and the bloc rs 5 serve to oifset the chains from thebody of the animal.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 I substitute forthe wooden block 5 a b0x-like metal casing 15, preferably of bent sheet 1ro n. The casing 15 is provided with an opening 16 in its outer wall which permits the hook to swing outwardly. The op eration is the same with both forms of the device. y a

While I have illustrated two of the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is apparent that various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myselfto the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the splrit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A backhand, comprising a strap, a pair of hangers suspended from the ends of the strap, housings suspended from the hangers, pins pivotally connecting the hangers and housings, and hooks mounted on the pins in the housings.

2. A backhand, comprising a strap, a pair of hangers suspended from the ends of the strap, housings suspended from the hangers,

pins pivotally connecting the hangers and housings, and hooks mounted on the pins in the housings, said hooks having thelr free housings.

3. A backband comprising a strap, a pair extremities extending inwardly into the of hangers suspended from the ends of the strap, housings suspended from the hangers, devices connecting the hangers and housings, and hooks mounted on said devices in the housings.

4. A backhand, comprising an adjustable strap having loopsatits ends; inverted U- shaped hangers having their intermediate portions-supported in the loops, blocks having recesses in the outer faces thereof, the arms of said hangers straddling said blocks, 10 pins mounted in the extremities of said arms, said pins passing through said blocks and recesses and pivotally connecting said hangers and blocks, and hooks mounted on the pins in the recesses.

JAMES BABIN McHUGrH. 

